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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MATER IN EXTREMIS, by JEAN STARR UNTERMEYER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I stand between them and the outer winds Last Line: I am about to fall. Subject(s): Failure; Shields | |||
I STAND between them and the outer winds, But I am a crumbling wall. They told me they could bear the blast alone, They told me: that was all. But I must wedge myself between Them and the first snowfall. Riddled am I by onslaughts and attacks I thought I could forestall; I reared and braced myself to shelter them Before I heard them call. I cry them, God, a better shield! I am about to fall. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE POET'S SHIELD by ARCHILOCHUS THREE FUNCTIONS OF IRONY by THOMAS MCGRATH A BALLAD OF A SHIELD by COSMO MONKHOUSE THAT GOOD SHIELD I THREW AWAY by ARCHILOCHUS SHIELD OF ACHILLES by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN ILIAD: ACHILLES' SHIELD (PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF BOOK 8 IN 1598) by HOMER ILIAD: BOOK 18. THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES by HOMER SWIFTNESS WITH WHICH THOSE CITIES FELL: 5. THE HUMAN SHIELD by DENNIS NURKSE A SOLDIER LISTENS by JEAN STARR UNTERMEYER |
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